James Quillam

Clickbait millennial woke garbage that dishonours the memory of Picard and the Star Trek franchise. Another train wreck from Alex Kurtzman. I was watching it with low expectations after the first episode. Kind of like a B series you have in the background or something to pass the time. That is until I reached episode 5, stardust city rag. Spoiler alert - I was really pleased to see a cameo from a certain voyager former Borg lady, that is until Alex literally butchered Echep - her surrogate son. The way he directed it actually made me angry. It was unjustifiably violent and disgusting the way they graphically ripped him apart. It dishonoured and disrespected the whole memory of voyager which was a fun and enjoyable journey. All for clickbait and “likes” and “impact”. I was so put off I stopped watching after that episode. The series lost my respect entirely. I then googled to see if anyone was as annoyed as I was by the disrespect. Indeed there were many, to the extent a director addressed it in an interview. His excuses were “we did not have much time to explain the back story with seven, so we had to find a way to make her story and hardship as impactful as possible”. Basically he is saying they butchered Echep to save time on explaining a back story or to gain any depth of sevens appearance or backstory since voyager. A real unclassy cheap and disrespectful move. If you weren’t happy with the time you had, you shouldn’t have done anything. Or you should have left it hollow, as you have done with the rest of your show. The other point he made is “violence is art”. This is utterly deluded. Gratuitous violence for likes is not art. It’s violence for likes, and it is unacceptable to try and justify it to the consumers. Patrick Steward is elderly. I can understand him getting tricked into acting in this show because he likely thinks he is being “current” and appealing to a new generation. However, I am genuinely surprised any Star Trek hero would sign off on this embarrassment of a show, especially with the dishonour they have wrought upon the Star Trek universe. Aside form this, the plot is predictable, the characters soulless, dislikeable and gormless, and it is a total waste of space. I am glad I had the foresight to pull out when I did as I cannot see it getting any better. Alex Kurtzman, you should seriously consider retiring from directing Star Trek. Please stop butchering a loved franchise. The original Star Trek fans are not impressed.